She claims she was in an interview even though her actions and her approval of her certain behaviors and habits exhibited by SS seem to contradict that. For example, during said interview she mentions her hyper-vigilant and cautious characteristics could be seen in the texts she sent to Maddie’s father in October. In these texts she expressed her concern of a report of pedophiles and perverts using hidden cameras to film Maddie and other passengers using the bathroom in the women’s bathroom in the airport. She said she stressed to Maddie’s dad the importance of protecting their daughter, especially from insidious predators who prey on young girls and women to create and spread exploitative images without their knowledge or permission.
However, IMO, though yes this could be a valid concern, it is odd to me that in the same breath, she allowed SS and Maddie to ever share a room knowing SS owned a tripod and camera in the home and which could be found in his bedroom. As it is, thanks to well-known scandals like the sale of Tommy Lee’s and Pamela Anderson’s sex tape and the well documented crimes of R. Kelly sexually exploiting and abusing underage girls being recorded on films one can make their own guesses, implications or assumptions of why a device similar to the ones used to create the aforementioned media above would also be found in SS’ bedroom on the first place. We know SS and JS were no longer sleeping together so questions like ‘What he is filming? Who is he filming? And why? Does he have their permission? Does he turn it off when Maddie is in there? And is it even appropriate to have that in JS father’s house when they have kids that not only also live there and study in the living room right outside door?’ Should have been asked. She claimed to have been hyper-vigilant about the going-ons of potential predators in an airport, what about in her own home? Did she ever check the camera and when and where it was set up? Did she tell him to get rid of altogether? Did she voice that such media was not welcome in her home, let alone Maddie, whose risk of exposure to anything inappropriate increased every time she went in his room or possibly played around or viewed the recordings from his camera or belongings as kids often incidentally do?
She said her biggest fear was her daughter being groomed without her knowing and then taken from her by a male partner she shouldn’t have put her trust and just used her to target and manipulate her daughter, like Mia Farrow alleged Woody Allen did to her to her and her daughter. Yet she said the CSAM SS created of Maddie was not evil. It doesn’t make sense considering the pictures were evidence of the ultimate betrayal. SS did to her daughter the very thing she never wanted. He made her fears and nightmares a reality despite his promise and assurance. Yet she expressed more frustration of Maddie kicking her in her sleep than the fact than she did any anger, hate, rage and heartbreak towards the man who she should have never trusted with the person she loved the most and said she lived for. Her daughter
If that what he was doing to your own child while simultaneously making your worst fears become actualized isn’t evil than what is?
And the thing about nightmares is that in the midst of one they can’t be rationalized.
Yet she was quick to give an excuse, a sense of logic and attitude to belittle SS’ crimes. As though she wasn’t scared of the outcome just tired of the mere thought of trying to make it sound acceptable to others, as improbable and unbelievable as that was.